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12/01/2008
Clearwire Declares Independence
The newly merged wireless broadband provider Clearwire will act independently of its investors, said Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Wolff on Monday. Clearwire shareholders approved the company’s merger with Sprint Nextel’s WiMAX business 10 days ago. It remained for the deal-checkers to finalize the transaction that was first announced seven months ago and then declare the […]
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12/01/2008
CableFAX: 39. The Ring-Masters: Linda and Vince McMahon
Linda and Vince McMahon Titles: CEO, WWE (Linda); Chmn, WWE (Vince) Last Year: #69 Age: Wouldn’t you like to know (Linda); 63 (Vince) Ed: (Linda) E Carolina U, BS, Education, major in French; trained as a paralegal in probate dept of Covington & Burling, Wash, D.C. (Vince) E Carolina U Why Them? WWE’s power couple […]
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11/25/2008
Leakage Revisited
Twenty-five years ago, with regulators and the cable industry struggling to agree on an acceptable use of the aeronautical band, signal leakage was a very hot topic. The rules that emerged from those days turned leakage into what editors call an "evergreen" topic – suitable for discussion in any of the four seasons. But change […]
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11/24/2008
Competition from … Video Games?
The competitive landscape is tricky enough for cable operators, with satellite providers and telcos on the scene. Now companies like Microsoft and Sony are making video moves with game console-affiliated media portals like Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network. Research consultancy The Diffusion Group estimates that today 90 million households worldwide have game consoles, 41 million […]
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11/20/2008
Microtune Touts Flexibility
Microtune’s announcement this week (click here) of a new wideband upstream amplifier was an opportunity for the company to promote the cause of DOCSIS 3.0 flexibility. The MT1570 upstream amplifier can deliver 120 Mbps upstream via four bonded upstream channels from 5 to 85 MHz, according to Microtune, which also features the MT2170 wideband tuner […]
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11/18/2008
CEA Gears Up for Vegas Show
Despite the downturn in the economy, the Consumer Electronics Association says pre-registration is "very strong" for the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which will take place in Las Vegas, Jan. 8-11. There will be more than 2,700 exhibitors covering 1.7 million square feet of show floor, which represents a 7 to 8 percent decrease […]